anope/docs/CHANGES.md

Anope Change Log

Anope 2.1.25 (unreleased)

Changes

• Fixed a crash when a temporary ban expires.

• Fixed a potential crash caused by unusual timestamps being passed to Anope::strftime.

• Fixed confirming accounts when {ns_register}:registration is set to "admin".

• Fixed migrating access entries from xop to flags granting new privileges in cases where multiple privileges share the same flag.

• Fixed migrating access entries sometimes giving the wrong flags.

• Fixed not being able to update the description of a flags access entry.

Anope 2.1.24 (2026-04-01)

Breaking Changes

• If a database contains duplicate corrupt entries from a prior write failure the oldest ones will now be purged from the database. This is a destructive action so make sure you take a manual backup of your database before upgrading.

• Removed support for storing the Anope database in Redis. The Redis code was extremely bitrotted, had not been tested in years, and to our knowledge has almost no (if any) users. It is recommended that db_redis users migrate to db_json or db_sql.

• SQL tables now use versioned prefixes by default. For the SQL database backends the default is anope21_ and for ChanStats the default is chanstats21_. If you do not have a prefix explicitly set in your config you will need to add one it. Alternatively, you may also want to consider exporting to db_json and re-importing to update your SQL schema for the recent database layout changes.

Changes

• Added some helper methods to CommandSource to allow quickly translting messages.

• Changed the Config script to allow multiple dashes in front of options, i.e. -quick and --quick are now equivalent.

• Converted some language strings to use format strings instead of concatenation.

• Fixed a rare crash in the ns_cert module.

• Fixed building Anope as a unity build.

• Fixed the ns_cert module erasing certificate entries if using an old database.

• Fixed users having the wrong real name in log messages on InspIRCd if it has been previously changed with CHGNAME or SETNAME.

Anope 2.1.23 (2026-04-01)

Changes

• Added examples to several BotServ commands.

• Added missing fields to the RPL_STATSLINKINFO output.

• Added support for migrating access entries between systems (currently only chanserv/flags is supported).

• Added the default levels to the chanserv/levels DESC help.

• Changed access listing commands to only show their own access entries unless ALL is specified.

• Fixed a non-translatable string which has been marked as translatable.

• Fixed the missing AUTOLOGIN extension.

• Fixed translating the help output when the flexible layout is used.

• Improved the accuracy of the X-line expiry time in operserv/stats.

• Updated the Portuguese translation.

• Updated the Romanian translation.

Anope 2.1.22 (2026-03-01)

Breaking Changes

• Automatic login using a known SSL fingerprint now requires the AUTOLOGIN option to be set on accounts with /NS SET AUTOLOGIN ON. Automatic login is largely obsolete now SASL EXTERNAL exists and is widely supported.

• Conan 2 is now used for packaging dependencies on Windows. If you are building from source you will need to upgrade Conan.

• Non-breaking spaces in translatable messages now use 0x1B instead of 0x1A due to recent msgfmt releases treating 0x1A as an EOF character. If you have an out of tree translation you will need to update it.

• User TLS certificates are now stored in their own NSCert table instead of as a column in the NickCore table. If you are reading this information you will need to update your code.

Changes

• Fixed {botserv}:botmodes erroneously allowing setting non-status modes on channels.

• Fixed echoing message tags on Solanum.

• Fixed handling incoming FIDENT messages on InspIRCd.

• Fixed matching stacked extended bans on InspIRCd and UnrealIRCd.

• Fixed parameter modes in chanserv/mode locks erroneously requiring a parameter to unset a lock.

• Fixed restoring the object identifier when unserialising objects in db_json.

• Fixed the consistency of indenting and line wrapping command examples in help output.

• Redesigned the output of nickserv/list to show more relevant information.

  /NICKSERV LIST *
  -NickServ- List of entries matching *:
  -NickServ- alice (account: alice)
  -NickServ- alice|work (account: alice)
  -NickServ- bob -- Unconfirmed (account: bob)
  -NickServ- mallory -- Suspended (account: mallory)
  -NickServ- End of list - 4/4 matches shown.
  

• The cs_set_misc and ns_set_misc modules now can use a separate title from the command name.

  /NICKSERV SET MASTODON @example@mastodon.social
  -NickServ- Mastodon for testuser set to @example@mastodon.social
  

• The cs_set_misc and ns_set_misc modules now support validation of user-specified data.

  /NICKSERV SET MASTODON example.mastodon.social
  -NickServ- Mastodon syntax is invalid.
  -NickServ- Syntax: SET MASTODON [@user@host.tld]
  

• The db_atheme module can now import arbitrary metadata to fields from the ns_set_misc module.

• The local clock will now be checked for synchronisation with the IRCd clock on UnrealIRCd.

• The nickserv/cert command will now show the time a TLS certificate was created and the nickname of the creator if the VIEW subcommand is used.

  /NICKSERV CERT VIEW
  -NickServ- d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e -- created by nick1 at Wed 25 Feb 00:18:50 GMT
  

• The ns_set_misc module can now add account data to the WHOIS output of authenticated users on InspIRCd (with the swhois_ext module) and UnrealIRCd.

  /WHOIS nick1
  * [nick1] (nick1@example.com): nick1
  * [nick1] Mastodon: @example@mastodon.social
  * [nick1] irc.example.com :Example-IRC server
  ...
  * [nick1] End of WHOIS list.
  

• The regex_posix module is now available on Windows (using the PCRE2 POSIX compatibility layer).

• The regex_tre module is now available on Windows.

• The Windows dependencies have been updated.

Anope 2.1.21 (2026-02-07)

Breaking Changes

• {fantasy}:fantasycharacter has been replaced with {fantasy}:prefix which allows multiple-character fantasy prefixes. If you have multiple custom fantasy characters set you should separate them with a space when upgrading your config.

• The db_json module will now terminate the process if it fails to write the database. This replicates the behaviour previously used by the db_flatfile module.

• When adding an unregistered user to an access list you must now explicitly specify their hostmask. This prevents accidentally adding a hostmask which is too wide.

Changes

• Added cleaning up of hostmasks when adding them to an access list and {chanserv}:disallow_malformed_hostmask to allow rejecting them instead.

• Changed access commands to add the account of a user who is logged in to an account but not using a nickname belonging to that account.

• Fixed a crash when clearing channel entry messages.

• Fixed a memory leak when cloning akicks.

• Fixed cleaning up ban masks.

• Fixed confirming accounts using the webcpanel.

• Fixed importing the time a nickname was used from Atheme.

• Fixed limiting the number of accounts per email address.

• Fixed locking modes that take a parameter when they are added.

• Fixed the chanserv/enforce command erroneously enforcing against channel founders.

• Fixed the syntax of the chanserv/suspend command.

• Fixed the syntax of the nickserv/suspend command.

• Improved password rehash detection in the enc_argon2 module.

• Various minor improvements to how services work internally.

Anope 2.1.20 (2025-12-01)

Breaking Changes

• Changed the registration of database types added by modules to be delayed until after the module constructor has been called. This might affect any custom modules you are using.

• Moved akicks out of the core into cs_akick. Modules which depend on akicks now require the cs_akick module to be loaded.

Changes

• Added {db_json}:preserve_unknown_data to configure whether unknown database types are kept in the JSON database. By default unknown database types from unloaded modules will be preserved in the database to allow reloading later. This setting can be used to disable this and prune the database.

• Added support for forbidding passwords. This is intended to be used with file forbids (see below).

  /OPERSERV FORBID ADD PASSWORD +30d hunter2 This password is insecure
  -OperServ- Added a forbid on hunter2 of type password to expire on Mon 29 Dec 2025 11:51:13 AM UTC (30 days from now).
  

• Added support for loading forbids from a file.

  file
  {
    type = "email"
    file = "temp-emails.txt"
    reason = "Temporary email"
  }
  

• Added support for the UnrealIRCd +F flood profile mode.

• Added the anope-mkpasswd script to help generate passwords for use in the config.

  $ ./anope-mkpasswd argon2id hunter2
  For use in the database:
      argon2id:$argon2id$v=19$m=65536,t=3,p=4$AmGWdtn1OUT9WSKSqESsPw$iguvHs6oIi/hF7e3t/bGNwgqP41vl/J4qP3a/yH9SLo
  
  For use in an oper:
      password = "$argon2id$v=19$m=65536,t=3,p=4$AmGWdtn1OUT9WSKSqESsPw$iguvHs6oIi/hF7e3t/bGNwgqP41vl/J4qP3a/yH9SLo"
      password_hash = "argon2id"
  
  For use in an jsonrpc/xmlrpc token:
      token = "$argon2id$v=19$m=65536,t=3,p=4$AmGWdtn1OUT9WSKSqESsPw$iguvHs6oIi/hF7e3t/bGNwgqP41vl/J4qP3a/yH9SLo"
      token_hash = "argon2id"
  
  Make sure you have the enc_argon2 module loaded!
  

• Added the DISPLAY flag to nickserv/list to only show account display nicknames.

  /NICKSERV LIST *
  -NickServ- List of entries matching *:
  -NickServ- nick1 (last mask: foo@example.com)
  -NickServ- nick1|afk (last mask: bar@example.com)
  -NickServ- nick2 (last mask: baz@example.com)
  -NickServ- End of list - 3/3 matches shown.
  
  /NICKSERV LIST * DISPLAY
  -NickServ- List of entries matching *:
  -NickServ- nick1 (last mask: foo@example.com)
  -NickServ- nick2 (last mask: baz@example.com)
  -NickServ- End of list - 2/2 matches shown.
  

• Added the hs_offer module which allows offering templated vhosts to users (based on a modsite module by @genius3000 on GitHub).

  /HOSTSERV OFFER ADD {account}.users.example.com
  
  /HOSTSERV OFFERLIST
  -HostServ- Current host offer list:
  -HostServ- 2: {account}.users.example.com / FooBar.users.example.com -- does not expire
  -HostServ- End of host offer list.
  

• Changed chanserv/mode lock messages to stack the responses into one message per type instead of sending one message per mode.

  /CHANSERV MODE #stest LOCK ADD +bb foo!foo@foo bar!bar@bar
  -ChanServ- +bb foo!foo@foo bar!bar@bar has been locked on #stest.
  

• Changed database objects to rehook to their type when it becomes available again.

• Changed the nickserv/set/language and nickserv/set/timezone commands to allow setting back to the default value by omitting the last parameter.

  /NICKSERV SET LANGUAGE
  12:23 -NickServ- Language changed to English.
  
  /NICKSERV SET TIMEZONE
  12:24 -NickServ- Timezone changed to UTC.
  

• Changed the default install directory from ~/anope to ~/anope-2.1.

• Changed the enc_sha1 module to use a vendored SHA-1 implementation.

• Expanded password obscurity checks and added an event hook to allow modules to reject passwords.

• Fixed the rpc_user module sending the "invalid account" and "invalid password" error codes inverted.

• Fixed unintentionally reloading the core database when reloading a module that provides a database type.

• Removed a bunch of obsolete build system cruft.

Anope 2.1.19 (2025-11-01)

Breaking Changes

• pkg-config is now required to find dependencies for the following modules on UNIX systems:

  • enc_argon2
  • ldap
  • mysql
  • regex_pcre2
  • regex_tre

• Support for InspIRCd v3 has been dropped ahead of it going EOL in two months. Please migrate to InspIRCd v4 to keep using Anope 2.1 with InspIRCd.

Changes

• Added a Romanian translation (contributed by @KidProtect on GitHub).

• Added support for associating a timezone with an account to allow users to receive timestamps in their local timezone.

  /NICKSERV SET TIMEZONE Europe/London
  -NickServ- Timezone changed to Europe/Berlin.
  
  /NICKSERV INFO test
  -NickServ- Account registered: Thu 09 Oct 2025 15:22:45 CEST (45 seconds ago)
  

  NOTE: This requires a compiler with C++20 timezone support.

• Added support for IRCv3 message tags when using Solanum git.

• Added support for language-specific time formats.

  /NICKSERV SET LANGUAGE tr_TR.UTF-8
  -NickServ- Dil Türkçe olarak değiştirildi.
  
  /NICKSERV INFO test
  -NickServ- Hesap kaydedildi: Prş 09 Eki 2025 15:22:45 (6 dakika, 16 saniye önce)
  

• Channel entry messages are now tagged with an IRCv3 time tag for the time they were created on supporting IRCds. This defaults to on but can be disabled using {cs_entrymsg}:timestamp.

• Reordered the information in the nickserv/info command output to show the registration dates before the seen information.

• Updated the Turkish translation (contributed by @CaPaCuL on GitHub).

• Updated the vendored libraries.